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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its warning strike by eight weeks, the union said on Monday. ASUU reached the decision after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at the University of Abuja secretariat of the union following the expiration of its one-month warning strike.
The reconciliatory meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities has ended inconclusively. Amid a warning strike declared by the lecturers, both parties failed to reach an agreement at the meeting held on Tuesday in Abuja. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who convened the meeting, led the government […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has faulted the promotion of Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, as a professor. The union after its National Executive Council meeting declared the promotion as “illegal”. This was declared at a press conference addressed by the President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, on Monday. […]
The Federal Government will honour promises made to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to prevent disruptive strikes, encourage uninterrupted academic programmes and improve funding of educational institutions. This is according to President Muhammadu Buhari who gave the assurance on Tuesday at the presidential villa, Abuja while receiving members of the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday announced that the registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and the Direct Entry examination will commence by February 12, 2022. The board made this known in its weekly bulletin released by its Director of Public Relations, Dr Fabian Benjamin, and made available to the media. In […]
As schools resume for the 2021/2022 academic session, the Kaduna State Government has directed all public schools in the state to operate only four working days a week, between Monday to Thursday instead of the usual five working days. The directive was given by the state Commissioner for Education, Halima Lawal, in a notice for […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it would soon begin to clear the backlog of illegal admissions conducted by tertiary education institutions in the country. JAMB had recently uncovered 706,189 illegal admissions by universities, polytechnics, colleges of education and other related institutions. Speaking after receiving the Education Correspondents Association of Nigeria (ECAN’s) Award […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has called on applicants who have been cleared to complete their registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by Tuesday. Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Head of Media, made the call on behalf of the examination body in a statement on Monday. He noted that JAMB had […]
The Senate, on Tuesday, mandated the Ministry of Education, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to review the implementation of the National Identity Number (NIN) policy. This, according to the Senate, is with a view to extending the JAMB registration deadline or suspending this requirement for prospective […]
The striking Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has faulted the Federal Government over the appointment of reactors and principal officers for the six newly established polytechnics in the country. The union has also demanded an immediate withdrawal of the appointment of the Rectors by the Federal government. ASUP in a statement it issued on […]
